Cou­ple dated on and off for eight years

The 56-year-old an­nounced her en­gage­ment to the 67-year-old mu­si­cian on In­sta­gram. “EN­GAGED!” is what she wrote. The post in­cluded a draw­ing of what ap­pears to be the two hold­ing hands. He’s also hold­ing a gui­tar.

They’ve been dat­ing on and off since 2010.

Ryan was pre­vi­ously mar­ried to ac­tor Den­nis Quaid, while Mel­len­camp has been mar­ried three times.